Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) · California

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110)

Palo Alto, CA · ~1,227 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) workplace, earning a grade D.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110): 5.3 TCR = 141% of Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) safety composite

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2017→2021

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) injury rate improved

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110)'s TCR fell 2.8 from 6.7 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621111 · Palo Alto, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #250/387
  • PHOTO 1860 ROSEVILLE CLINIC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 155 inj
  • SIZE ~1,227 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1860 ROSEVILLE CLINIC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) averages 5.3 TCR (141% of the Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 3.8

Where Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) falls in its industry

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #250 safest of 387 Offices of Physicians (except employers in California.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) (1,227 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110)
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) (1,227 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) has more employees than the Offices of Physicians (except Mental Hea median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 3.9 2.3 28 1 0
2020 5.1 3.6 29 13 0
2019 5.6 3.3 31 14 0
2018 5.6 2.5 37 7 0
2017 6.7 2.6 30 24 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621111 · CA · Palo Alto

2,836 Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Palo Alto, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 1860 ROSEVILLE CLINIC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Collom and Carney Clinic- Prescott 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHKD Suffolk Health Center 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PMG-Isleta 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Long Point Development, llc dba Terranea Resort 1,227 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventura County Sheriff's Office 1,227 FTE
STATE-SIZE OAKLAND (CAOAK) 1,228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Microvention 1,229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stanford Health Care 16,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Varian, Palo Alto 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivian Automotive - 607 Hansen Way Palo Alto 1,202 FTE
NAT-TCR BYB Main 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Integrated Companies 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Robertson Realty 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Forest Creek Village 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waltham 1,228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastside Medical Center 1,226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cyient, Inc. 1,228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phx-Ground Ops 1,228 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.